CVE intelligence

CVE-2026-98130

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Sep 25, 2026Sources checked Nov 12, 2026

8.1HIGHCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-98130 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 8.1. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

Microsoft Security Response Center guidance

Vendor revision: Oct 21, 2026

Release Notes

Vendor-listed releases

6.6.158.1-1

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.5%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2026-98130?

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sctp: fix a TOCTOU race in SCTP_CMD_TIMER_START

The SCTP_CMD_TIMER_START handler checks timer_pending() before calling timer_reduce(). The timer can expire and detach between these operations, causing timer_reduce() to rearm the timer without taking the association reference required for the newly armed timer.

The timer callback later unconditionally drops its association reference, which can leave the association reference count unbalanced and result in use-after-free during association teardown.

Use the return value of timer_reduce() to determine whether the timer was actually armed. Take the association reference only when timer_reduce() successfully starts a new timer, closing the race between checking the timer state and rearming it.

This issue was reported by Nico Yip (@_cyeaa_) working with TrendAI Zero Day Initiative.

Source: NVD